Summer FO's

I did some knitting this summer and these first 2 photos are of one of my swatches: I've got a much larger item on needles with the same design. Not sure when I'll get it finished, but that's not unusual for me!!

I've read about this kind of knitting for a couple of years and decided to give it a try. I call this my "Bee Blanket" and I gave it to Stirling. He seems to like it a lot. :) Whenever he brings a blanket upstairs, or I ask him to get one for me or Eithnee, this is the one he brings. If I make another one I will do a couple things different. But all in all, I like it. And finally, here is my second attempt at weaving on my new Cricket Loom! I'll try and post more about the Cricket Loom and how I came to be the owner of it soon. Stirling picked out the colors way back last December and I made a half-hearted attempt to make him 2 placemats on a picture frame loom. These 3 are not as wide as a regular placemat, but they work ok for him. I used the original warp for the weft in these - that's how the stripes got to be so even on 2 of them. I'm working on another project now and should be finished with it tomorrow. I'll post photos of it when I'm finished.
I'm still working on Eithnee's baby blanket (embroidered) and hope I can get it finished before we head back to Ukraine. I can only work on it outside or in very bright light, so that limits the time I work. I also ran out of thread 3 times - I'm frustrated with this particular company over that! I'm making it according to directions so shouldn't run out. One color can't be matched exactly so there is a slight change from one side to the other. Hopefully not too noticable.

All for tonight - but it's a start at blogging again!!